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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: Chapter 4-7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Dr. King reached out to his extensive religious contacts, including the National Baptist Convention, to organize what conference?
(a) Southern Baptist Conference.
(b) Southern Christian Leadership Conference.
(c) Montgomery Christian Conference.
(d) Southern Religious Conference.

2. What did white racists bomb on September, 9 1957?
(a) Dr. King's home.
(b) Hattie Cotton Elementary School.
(c) Montgomery Bus Headquarters.
(d) The conference site for the MIA.

3. What two organizations denounced violent actions relating to desegregation acts?
(a) NAACP and BCA.
(b) SCLC and MIA.
(c) MIA and BCA.
(d) NAACP and SCLC.

4. When did the Montgomery Bus boycott begin?
(a) December 1, 1965.
(b) December 5, 1955.
(c) October 1, 1955.
(d) October 1, 1965.

5. When did the President remove the National Guard troops from the high school in Arkansas?
(a) May 19, 1957.
(b) December 1, 1955.
(c) August 9, 1957.
(d) May 8, 1958.

Short Answer Questions

1. What became a pseudonym for the Civil Rights Movement?

2. What did the civil rights bill, signed on September 9, 1957, establish?

3. What Democratic presidential candidate was running against Richard Nixon in 1960?

4. Where was Martin Luther King, Jr., ordained to the Christian ministry?

5. When did the African nation of Ghana acquire its independence from British rule?

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